Liquid crystal display and manufacturing method thereof

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a liquid crystal display. According to an exemplary embodiment, a liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a second electrode disposed on the second substrate and facing the first electrode; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a first silicon nitride film formed between the liquid crystal layer and at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a first region in which the first silicon nitride film is disposed between either of the first electrode and the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer and a second region in which the first silicon nitride film is not disposed between the first electrode and the liquid crystal layer and between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer are formed, and a first electric field generated between the first and second electrodes in the first region is different from a second electric field generated between the first and second electrodes in the second region.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean PatentApplication No. 10-2014-0086976 filed in the Korean IntellectualProperty Office on Jul. 10, 2014, the entire contents of which areincorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND

(a) Field

The embodiments relates to a liquid crystal display and a manufacturingmethod thereof.

(b) Description of the Related Art

A liquid crystal display is widely used in flat-panel displays andgenerally includes two display panels on which electric field generatingelectrodes, such as a pixel electrode and a common electrode, areformed. In addition, a liquid crystal layer is inserted between the twodisplay panels.

A liquid crystal display generally displays an image by generatingelectric fields in the liquid crystal layer at the pixel level byapplying voltages to the electric field generating electrodes. Theelectric fields generated determine the alignments of the liquid crystalmolecules in the liquid crystal layer, and as a result, determine thepolarization of the incident light on the liquid crystal layer. Bycontrolling the strength of the electric fields and varying thepolarization of incident light at the pixel level, a liquid crystaldisplay device is able to display an image.

A liquid crystal display generally further includes switching elementsthat are connected to each of the pixel electrodes and a plurality ofsignal lines, such as gate lines and data lines, for controlling thestate of the switching elements. The state in which a switching elementis in determines whether a voltage is applied to a pixel electrode.

A liquid crystal display with a vertically aligned mode generally has ahigh contrast ratio and provides a wide reference angle. The verticallyaligned mode refers to the state in which the long axes of the liquidcrystal molecules are arranged perpendicular to the planar surface ofthe display panels when no electric field is applied.

A liquid crystal display with the vertically aligned mode may havedegraded side visibility compared to its frontal visibility. To solvethe problem, a method of dividing one pixel into two subpixels andmaking the voltages of the two subpixels different so that the twosubpixels have different transmittance has been proposed. However,because this method adds a thin-film transistor and a capacitor todivide the voltage of the subpixel, an aperture ratio is deteriorated.

SUMMARY

The embodiments provide a liquid crystal display that realizes amulti-division visibility configuration without reduction of an apertureratio, and a manufacturing method thereof.

An embodiment provides a liquid crystal display including: a firstsubstrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a secondsubstrate facing the first substrate; a second electrode disposed on thesecond substrate and facing the first electrode; a liquid crystal layerdisposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and afirst silicon nitride film disposed between the liquid crystal layer andat least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein afirst region in which the first silicon nitride film is disposed betweeneither of the first electrode and the second electrode and the liquidcrystal layer and a second region in which the first silicon nitridefilm is not disposed between the first electrode and the liquid crystallayer and between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer areformed, and a first electric field generated between the first andsecond electrodes in the first region is different from a secondelectric field generated between the first and second electrodes in thesecond region.

The first region and the second region may be included in a pixel.

The first silicon nitride film may include positive charges.

The first silicon nitride film may include positive charges expressed inthe following Formula 1.

The liquid crystal display may further include a thin-film transistordisposed on the first substrate, wherein the thin-film transistor isconnected to the first electrode, the first electrode includes a firstsubpixel electrode corresponding to the first region and a secondsubpixel electrode corresponding to the second region, and the firstsubpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode receive a voltagefrom the thin-film transistor.

The liquid crystal display may further include an alignment layerdisposed between the first silicon nitride film and the liquid crystallayer in the first region, and disposed between at least one of thefirst electrode and the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer inthe second region.

The first silicon nitride film may be formed between the first electrodeand the liquid crystal layer, and a second silicon nitride film may beformed in a third region of the liquid crystal display and between thesecond electrode and the liquid crystal layer.

The second region may be disposed between the first region and the thirdregion.

The first region, the second region, and the third region may beincluded in a pixel.

The liquid crystal display further may include a thin-film transistordisposed on the first substrate, wherein the thin-film transistor isconnected to the first electrode, the first electrode includes a firstsubpixel electrode corresponding to the first region, a second subpixelelectrode corresponding to the second region, and a third subpixelelectrode corresponding to the third region, and the first subpixelelectrode, the second subpixel electrode, and the third subpixelelectrode receive a voltage from the thin-film transistor.

The liquid crystal display may further include an alignment layerdisposed between the first silicon nitride film and the liquid crystallayer in the first region, disposed between the second silicon nitridefilm and the liquid crystal layer in the third region, and disposedbetween at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode andthe liquid crystal layer in the second region.

Another embodiment provides a method for manufacturing a liquid crystaldisplay, including: forming a first electrode on a first substrate;forming a second electrode on a second substrate facing the firstsubstrate; forming a first silicon nitride film on at least one of thefirst electrode or the second electrode; and forming a liquid crystallayer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein afirst region in which the first silicon nitride film is disposed betweeneither of the first electrode and the second electrode and the liquidcrystal layer and a second region in which the first silicon nitridefilm is not disposed between the first electrode and the liquid crystallayer and between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer areformed, and a first electric field generated between the first andsecond electrodes in the first region is different from a secondelectric field generated between the first and second electrodes in thesecond region.

The first silicon nitride film may be formed at the temperature equal toor less than of 450 degrees Celsius by using a chemical vapor depositionmethod.

The first silicon nitride film may be formed to include positivecharges.

The first silicon nitride film may be formed to include positive chargesexpressed in the following Formula 1.

The method may further include forming an alignment layer between thefirst silicon nitride film and the liquid crystal layer in the firstregion, and between at least one of the first electrode and the secondelectrode and the liquid crystal layer in the second region.

The first silicon nitride film may be formed between the first electrodeand the liquid crystal layer, a second silicon nitride film may formedin a third region of the liquid crystal display and between the secondelectrode and the liquid crystal layer, and the second region may beformed to be disposed between the first region and the third region.

The first region, the second region, and the third region may be formedto be included in a pixel.

The method may further include forming a thin-film transistor on thefirst substrate, wherein the thin-film transistor is connected to thefirst electrode, the first electrode includes a first subpixel electrodecorresponding to the first region, a second subpixel electrodecorresponding to the second region, and a third subpixel electrodecorresponding to the third region, and the first subpixel electrode, thesecond subpixel electrode, and the third subpixel electrode receive avoltage from the thin-film transistor.

According to inventive concept, to divide the voltage of a pixelelectrode among a plurality of subpixel electrodes, a silicon nitridefilm including positive charges may be formed on a portion of the pixelarea of the pixel electrode, thereby realizing a multi-divisionvisibility configuration and reducing the aperture ratio.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a layout view of a liquid crystal display according to anembodiment.

FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view with respect to a line II-II of FIG.1.

FIG. 3 shows a graph of a current-voltage curve for the respectiveregions shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 shows a graph of luminance curves over a range of gray values,the luminance curves corresponding to comparative examples and anembodiment.

FIG. 5 shows a numerical table of exemplary transmittance and visibilityvalues for the comparative examples and the embodiment shown in FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional view of a pixel electrode thatadditionally divides an electric field forming region by havingdifferent thicknesses of a silicon nitride film formed thereon,according to an embodiment.

FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal displayaccording to an embodiment.

FIG. 8 shows a top plan view of a liquid crystal display according to anembodiment.

FIG. 9 shows a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal display withrespect to lines IX-IX′ and IX′-IX″ of FIG. 8.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Embodiments are described more fully hereinafter with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which exemplary embodiments of the inventiveconcepts are shown. However, it is understood that the inventiveconcepts is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. On the contrary,those of ordinary skill in the art would realize that the describedembodiments may be modified in various different ways, all withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the inventive concepts.

In the drawings, the thickness of layers, films, panels, regions, etc.,are exaggerated for clarity. It is understood that when an element suchas a layer, film, region, or substrate is referred to as being “on”another element, it may be directly on the other element or interveningelements may also be present. In contrast, when an element is referredto as being “directly on,” “directly connected to” or “directly coupledto” another element or layer, there are no intervening elements orlayers present. Like reference numerals designate like elementsthroughout the specification.

FIG. 1 shows a layout view of a liquid crystal display according to anembodiment. FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view with respect to a lineII-II of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the liquid crystal display includes alower panel 100, an upper panel 200, and a liquid crystal layer 3 thatis disposed between the display panels 100 and 200 and includes liquidcrystal molecules 310.

FIG. 1 shows a pixel area from among a plurality of pixel areas disposedin a row direction and a column direction of the liquid crystal display.A thin-film transistor (TFT) is disposed in the pixel area and connectedto a gate line 121, a data line 171, and a pixel electrode 191. Thepixel electrode 191 is divided into a plurality of regions (in the caseof FIG. 1, three regions).

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a pixel electrode 191 is disposed on afirst substrate 110, and a common electrode 270 is disposed on a secondsubstrate 210 facing the first substrate 110. The pixel area shown inFIG. 1 and FIG. 2 includes a first region P1, a second region P2, and athird region P3. The pixel electrode 191 includes a first subpixelelectrode 191 a disposed in the first region P1, a second subpixelelectrode 191 b disposed in the second region P2, and a third subpixelelectrode 191 c disposed in the third region P3.

A first silicon nitride film SN1 is disposed on the pixel electrode 191,and a second silicon nitride film SN2 is disposed on the commonelectrode 270. Particularly, the first silicon nitride film SN1 isdisposed between the first subpixel electrode 191 a and the liquidcrystal layer 3, and the second silicon nitride film SN2 is disposedbetween the third subpixel electrode 191 c and the liquid crystal layer3. The silicon nitride film is not formed in the second region P2.

A first alignment layer 11 is disposed on the pixel electrode 191. Asecond alignment layer 21 is disposed on the common electrode 270. Thefirst silicon nitride film SN1 is formed between the first subpixelelectrode 191 a and the first alignment layer 11 in the first region P1.The second silicon nitride film SN2 is formed between the commonelectrode 270 and the second alignment layer SN2 in the third region P3.

According to embodiments of the inventive concepts, the silicon nitridefilms SN1 and SN2 are formed at a temperature equal to or less than 450degrees Celsius by using a chemical vapor deposition method. In thismanner, positive charges, as expressed in Formula 1 below, are generatedaccording to Mechanism 1 (also shown below) during the forming process.Therefore, the silicon nitride films SN1 and SN2 that are formedaccording embodiments include the positive charges expressed in Formula1.

[Mechanism 1]

When a mixture of SiH₄/NH₃ or SiH₄/H₂/N₂ gas is deposited by using alow-temperature plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)method, Si₃N₄ is not generated. Instead, a thin film of SiNx includingabout 8 to 30 at % of hydrogen is formed. However, because the reducingspeed of the combination of Si and Si is slower than the increasingspeed of the combination of Si and N in this process, H—N—(SiH₃)₂functions as a precursor, as shown in Mechanism 1, to generate thepositive charges of Formula 1.

When the silicon nitride film is formed between the pixel electrode 191and the liquid crystal layer 3 or between the common electrode 270 andthe liquid crystal layer 3, the total capacitance is reduced because thecapacitance induced by the silicon nitride film and the liquid crystallayer 3 is connected in series with the other capacitances.

FIG. 3 shows a graph of a current-voltage curve for the respectiveregions shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, according to an exemplaryembodiment. Referring to FIG.

3, changes of the current-voltage curve are shown for when a voltage isapplied to the pixel electrode 191 and the common electrode 270, whichis grounded. With respect to the current-voltage curve of the secondregion P2, the current-voltage curve is shifted to the left in the firstregion P1 and the current-voltage curve is shifted to the right in thethird region P3. These shifts correspond to changes in a thresholdvoltage Vth. The first region P1, second region P2, and third region P3may correspond to a high pixel region, a middle pixel region, and a lowpixel region, respectively. Thus, according to an embodiment of theinventive concept, the pixel may be divided into three pixel regions.

FIG. 4 shows a graph of luminance curves over a range of gray values,the luminance curves corresponding to comparative examples and anembodiment. Referring to FIG. 4, Comparative Example 1 shows ameasurement of lateral visibility for a case in which the voltage of thepixel electrode is not differentially divided. Comparative Example 2shows a measurement for a case in which the voltage is differentiallydivided to achieve an area ratio of 1:1.5 and a voltage ratio of 0.77.Comparative Example 2 may have additional thin film transistor andcapacitor to improve the lateral visibility. In the exemplary embodimentshown in FIG. 4, the pixel area is divided into three regions with anarea ratio of 1:1:1, and a voltage drop degree caused by the siliconnitride film is 9%. As shown in FIG. 4, the lateral visibility of theexemplary embodiment is closer in value to its frontal visibilitycompared to Comparative Example 1 and Comparative Example 2. In FIG. 4,2.2 gamma may mean the frontal visibility.

FIG. 5 shows a numerical table of exemplary transmittance and visibilityvalues for the comparative examples and the exemplary embodiment shownin FIG. 4. Referring to FIG. 5, compared to the transmittance forComparative Example 1, which is at 100%, the transmittance for theexemplary embodiment is a little reduced, but a visibility index (GDI)is improved. In Comparative Example 2, which uses two divisions, thetransmittance is additionally lowered compared to the exemplaryembodiment. Therefore, when the thin-film transistor is not added torealize the differential voltage, like in the exemplary embodiment,visibility is improved and reduction of aperture ratio or transmittanceis minimized.

FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional view of a pixel electrode thatadditionally divides an electric field forming region by havingdifferent thicknesses of a silicon nitride film formed thereon,according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to FIG. 6, the firstsilicon nitride film SN1 in the first region P1 (see FIG. 2) includes a1-1 silicon nitride film (SN1-1) and a 1-2 silicon nitride film (SN1-2).The 1-1 silicon nitride film (SN1-1) and the 1-2 silicon nitride film(SN1-2) have different thicknesses from each other. Similarly, thesecond silicon nitride film SN2 in the third region P3 (see FIG. 2)includes a 1-1 silicon nitride film (SN1-1) and a 1-2 silicon nitridefilm (SN1-2). The 1-1 silicon nitride film (SN1-1) and the 1-2 siliconnitride film (SN1-2) have different thicknesses from each other. Byforming the silicon nitride films with different thicknesses, regionshaving differential voltages are generated.

FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal display,according to an embodiment. The exemplary embodiment of FIG. 7 differsfrom that of FIG. 2 at least in that the third region P3 is not formed.That is, the area is divided into only two regions, a first region P1and a second region P2, to generate a differential voltage. Referring toFIG. 7, a silicon nitride film (SN) is disposed on the first subpixelelectrode 191 a, and the first alignment layer 11 is disposed directlyon the second subpixel electrode 191 b.

The configuration of the exemplary embodiment described with referenceto FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is further described in reference to FIG. 8 andFIG. 9. FIG. 8 shows a top plan view of a liquid crystal display,according to an embodiment. FIG. 9 shows a cross-sectional view of aliquid crystal display with respect to lines IX-IX′ and IX′-IX″ of FIG.8.

Referring to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the liquid crystal display includes alower panel 100, an upper panel 200, and a liquid crystal layer 3disposed between the display panels 100 and 200. A backlight unit 300 isdisposed at a position that faces the lower panel 100. The position ofthe backlight unit 300, however, is not limited to facing the lowerpanel 100 and may be disposed at a position that faces the upper panel200.

The lower panel 100 is described hereinafter. A plurality of gate lines121 are formed on the insulation substrate 110, which may be made of amaterial such as transparent glass or plastic. A gate line 121 transfersa gate signal and extends mainly in a horizontal direction. Each gateline 121 includes a plurality of gate electrodes 124 protruding from thegate line 121 and a wide end portion 129 configured to be connected withanother layer or a gate driver (not illustrated). The end portion 129 ofthe gate line may be formed with a lower layer 129 p and an upper layer129 r.

The gate line 121 and the gate electrode 124 have a dual-layer structureincluding lower layers 121 p and 124 p and upper layers 121 r and 124 r.The lower layers 121 p and 124 p may be formed with, for example, one oftitanium, tantalum, molybdenum, or an alloy thereof. The upper layers121 r and 124 r may be formed with, for example, copper (Cu) or a copperalloy. Although the gate line 121 and the gate electrode 124 aredescribed above as having a dual-layer structure in the exemplaryembodiment of FIG. 9, the gate line 121 and the gate electrode 124 maybe formed with a single-layer structure.

A gate insulating layer 140 made of an insulating material, such assilicon nitride, is formed on the gate line 121. The gate insulatinglayer 140 includes a lower gate insulating layer 140 a and an upper gateinsulating layer 140 b, which may be formed with an insulating materialsuch as silicon nitride or silicon oxide. In another embodiment, thegate insulating layer 140 may be formed as a single layer.

A semiconductor layer 151 made of, for example, hydrogenated amorphoussilicon or polysilicon is formed on the gate insulating layer 140. Thesemiconductor layer 151 extends mainly in a longitudinal direction andincludes a plurality of projections 154 that extend to the gateelectrode 124.

A plurality of ohmic contact stripes 161 and ohmic contact islands 165are formed on the projections 154 of the semiconductor layer 151. Anohmic contact stripe 161 includes a plurality of projections 163. Aprojection 163 and an ohmic contact island 165 form a pair and aredisposed on the projection 154 of the semiconductor layer 151.

A plurality of data lines 171, a plurality of source electrodes 173connected to the data lines 171, and a plurality of drain electrodes 175facing the source electrodes 173 are formed on the ohmic contacts 161and 165 and the gate insulating layer 140.

A data line 171 transmits a data signal and extends mainly in thelongitudinal direction and crosses the gate line 121. The sourceelectrode 173 may extend toward the gate electrode 124 and have a Ushape or various other shape.

As FIG. 8 shows, the drain electrode 175 is separated from the data line171 and extends upward from the middle of the U-shaped source electrode173. The data line 171 includes a wide end portion 179 configured toconnect to another layer or a data driver (not shown).

Although not shown, the data line 171, the source electrode 173, and thedrain electrode 175 may have a dual-layer structure including an upperlayer and a lower layer. The upper layer may be formed of, for example,copper (Cu) or a copper alloy, and the lower layer may be formed of, forexample, one of titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), molybdenum (Mo), andalloys thereof. The data line 171, the source electrode 173, and thedrain electrode 175 may have a tapered lateral side.

The ohmic contacts 161, 163, and 165 are formed directly on thesemiconductors 151 and 154 and below the data line 171 and the drainelectrode 175.

That is, the ohmic contacts 161, 163, and 165 are formed between thesemiconductors 151 and 154 and the data line 171 and the drain electrode175, thereby reducing the contact resistance between them. The ohmiccontacts 161, 163, and 165 may have substantially the same planarpattern as the data line 171, the source electrode 173, and the drainelectrode 175.

On the projection 154 of the semiconductor layer 151, there is anexposed portion that is not covered by the data line 171 and the drainelectrode 175 as well as a portion that overlaps with the sourceelectrode 173 and the drain electrode 175. The semiconductor layer 151may have substantially the same planar pattern as the ohmic contacts 161and 165 except at the exposed portion of the projection 154.

A gate electrode 124, a source electrode 173, and a drain electrode 175form a thin-film transistor (TFT) together with the projection 154 ofthe semiconductor layer 151. A channel of the thin-film transistor isformed on the projection 154 between the source electrode 173 and thedrain electrode 175.

A passivation layer 180 is formed on the data line 171, the drainelectrode 175, and the projection 154 of the exposed semiconductorlayer. The passivation layer 180 may made of an inorganic insulator, anorganic insulator, or a low-dielectric insulator such as a siliconnitride or silicon oxide.

A contact hole 181 that exposes an end portion 129 of the gate line 121is formed on the passivation layer 180 and the gate insulating layer140. Also, a contact hole 182 that exposes the end portion 179 of thedata line 171 and a contact hole 185 that expose an end of the drainelectrode 175 are formed on the passivation layer 180.

A pixel electrode 191 and contact assistants 81 and 82 are formed on thepassivation layer 180 and may be made of a transparent conductivematerial such as ITO or IZO, or a reflective metal such as aluminum,silver, chromium, or an alloy thereof. The pixel electrode 191 iselectrically connected to the drain electrode 175 through the contacthole 185 and receives a data voltage from the drain electrode 175.

The contact assistants 81 and 82 are connected through the contact holes181 and 182 to the gate pad 129 of the gate line 121 and the data pad179 of the data line 171, respectively. The contact assistants 81 and 82facilitate adherence of the end portion 129 of the gate line 121 and theend portion of the data line 171 to an external device, as well asprotect the end portions.

A first alignment layer 11 is disposed on the pixel electrode 191.

The upper panel 200 is described hereinafter. A light blocking member220 is formed on the insulation substrate 210 made of, for example,transparent glass or plastic. The light blocking member 220 preventslight leakage between the pixel electrodes 191 and defines an openingregion that faces the pixel electrode 191.

A plurality of color filters 230 are formed on the insulation substrate210 and the light blocking member 220. The color filters 230 aredisposed mostly within the area surrounded by the light blocking member220 and may extend along the columns of the pixel electrodes 191 in thelongitudinal direction. The respective color filters 230 may display oneof three primary colors including red, green, and blue. Although thelight blocking member 220 and the color filter 230 are described aboveas being formed on the upper panel 100 in the exemplary embodiment ofFIG. 9, the light blocking member 200 or the color filter 230 may beformed on the lower panel 200.

An overcoat 250 is formed on the color filter 230 and the light blockingmember 220. The overcoat 250 may be made of an inorganic or organicinsulator. The overcoat prevents the color filters 230 from beingexposed and provides a planarized surface. In some cases, the overcoat250 may be omitted.

As FIG. 9 illustrates, a common electrode 270 is formed on a lowersurface of the overcoat 250. The common electrode 270 may be made of atransparent conductor such as ITO or IZO, and receives a common voltageVcom. A second alignment layer 21 is formed on a lower surface of thecommon electrode 270.

The liquid crystal layer 3 is interposed between the thin-filmtransistor array panel 100 and the upper display panel 200 and includesliquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy. That is,in the absence of an electric field, the liquid crystal molecules arealigned such that their long axes are perpendicular to the surfaces ofthe two display panels 100 and 200.

The pixel electrode 191 and the common electrode 270 form a liquidcrystal capacitor together with a portion of the liquid crystal layer 3therebetween. The liquid crystal capacitor is capable of maintaining theapplied voltage even after the thin-film transistor is turned off.Moreover, the pixel electrode 191 may overlap with a storage electrodeline (not illustrated) to form a storage capacitor and, thereby,increase the voltage storage capacity of the liquid crystal capacitor.

Although not explicitly shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the manner in whichthe silicon nitride films SN1 and SN2 and the differential voltage areformed in FIG. 2 may be applied to the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 8and 9.

While the present disclosure describes a number of exemplaryembodiments, it is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Instead,the present disclosure is intended to cover various modifications andequivalent arrangements that those of ordinary skill in the art wouldunderstand from the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a firstsubstrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a secondsubstrate facing the first substrate; a second electrode disposed on thesecond substrate and facing the first electrode; a liquid crystal layerdisposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and afirst silicon nitride film disposed between the liquid crystal layer andat least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein afirst region in which the first silicon nitride film is disposed betweeneither of the first electrode and the second electrode and the liquidcrystal layer is formed, and a second region in which the first siliconnitride film is not disposed between the first electrode and the liquidcrystal layer and between the second electrode and the liquid crystallayer is formed, and a first electric field generated between the firstand second electrodes in the first region is different from a secondelectric field generated between the first and second electrodes in thesecond region.
 2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1, wherein thefirst region and the second region are included in a pixel.
 3. Theliquid crystal display of claim 2, wherein the first silicon nitridefilm includes positive charges.
 4. The liquid crystal display of claim3, wherein the first silicon nitride film includes positive chargesexpressed in the following Formula 1:


5. The liquid crystal display of claim 4, further comprising a thin-filmtransistor disposed on the first substrate, wherein the thin-filmtransistor is connected to the first electrode, the first electrodeincludes a first subpixel electrode corresponding to the first regionand a second subpixel electrode corresponding to the second region, andthe first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode receive avoltage from the thin-film transistor.
 6. The liquid crystal display ofclaim 5, further comprising an alignment layer disposed between thefirst silicon nitride film and the liquid crystal layer in the firstregion, and disposed between at least one of the first electrode and thesecond electrode and the liquid crystal layer in the second region. 7.The liquid crystal display of claim 1, wherein the first silicon nitridefilm is formed between the first electrode and the liquid crystal layer,and a second silicon nitride film is formed in a third region of theliquid crystal display and between the second electrode and the liquidcrystal layer.
 8. The liquid crystal display of claim 7, wherein thesecond region is disposed between the first region and the third region.9. The liquid crystal display of claim 8, wherein the first region, thesecond region, and the third region are included in a pixel.
 10. Theliquid crystal display of claim 9, wherein the first and second siliconnitride films include positive charges expressed in the followingFormula 1:


11. The liquid crystal display of claim 10, further comprising athin-film transistor disposed on the first substrate, wherein thethin-film transistor is connected to the first electrode, the firstelectrode includes a first subpixel electrode corresponding to the firstregion, a second subpixel electrode corresponding to the second region,and a third subpixel electrode corresponding to the third region, andthe first subpixel electrode, the second subpixel electrode, and thethird subpixel electrode receive a voltage from the thin-filmtransistor.
 12. The liquid crystal display of claim 11, furthercomprising an alignment layer disposed between the first silicon nitridefilm and the liquid crystal layer in the first region, disposed betweenthe second silicon nitride film and the liquid crystal layer in thethird region, and disposed between at least one of the first electrodeand the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer in the secondregion.
 13. A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal displaycomprising: forming a first electrode on a first substrate; forming asecond electrode on a second substrate facing the first substrate;forming a first silicon nitride film on at least one of the firstelectrode and the second electrode; and forming a liquid crystal layerbetween the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a firstregion in which the first silicon nitride film is disposed betweeneither of the first electrode and the second electrode and the liquidcrystal layer is formed, and a second region in which the first siliconnitride film is not disposed between the first electrode and the liquidcrystal layer and between the second electrode and the liquid crystallayer is formed, and a first electric field generated between the firstand second electrodes in the first region is different from a secondelectric field generated between the first and second electrodes in thesecond region.
 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first siliconnitride film is formed at the temperature equal to or less than 450degrees Celsius by using a chemical vapor deposition method.
 15. Themethod of claim 14, wherein the silicon nitride film is formed toinclude positive charges.
 16. The method of claim 15, wherein thesilicon nitride film is formed to include positive charges expressed inthe following Formula 1:


17. The method of claim 16, further comprising forming an alignmentlayer between the first silicon nitride film and the liquid crystallayer in the first region and between at least one of the firstelectrode and the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer in thesecond region.
 18. The method of claim 13, wherein the first siliconnitride film is formed between the first electrode and the liquidcrystal layer, a second silicon nitride film is formed in a third regionof the liquid crystal display and between the second electrode and theliquid crystal layer, and the second region is formed between the firstregion and the third region.
 19. The method of claim 18, wherein thefirst region, the second region, and the third region are formed to beincluded in a pixel.
 20. The method of claim 19, further comprisingforming a thin-film transistor on the first substrate, wherein thethin-film transistor is connected to the first electrode, the firstelectrode includes a first subpixel electrode corresponding to the firstregion, a second subpixel electrode corresponding to the second region,and a third subpixel electrode corresponding to the third region, andthe first subpixel electrode, the second subpixel electrode, and thethird subpixel electrode receive a voltage from the thin-filmtransistor.